The Whore of Akron

One Man's Search for the Soul of LeBron James
Scott Raab - 2011 HarperCollins Publishers

The first time I saw that the book was coming out, I filed it away for future browsing without really intending to read it.  A little while later I received a package from HarperCollins with this book inside.  And so I read it.

The idea of the book struck me as funny but a little off at the same time.  Raab substantiated my instincts by declaring "Obviously I myself don't know or care how or where to draw a line between fan and fanatic." 

The book is easy to read and its structure keeps the story moving.  Raab is despicably frank and flagrantly honest as he fluctuates between his personal story and the story of LeBron and Cleveland.  The language is crude, dirty, uncensored and at times way too revealing.  No one could be blamed for dismissing this book as the misguided rantings of an unfulfilled fan.  Because of, or rather in spite of, the above mentioned qualities the book was highly entertaining and a shout out to all suffering, champion-less, victims-of-free-agency fans.  In the end (and against my will) I actually liked it.